Development of Scintillator Block Combination Detector for Flood Image Acquisition of Array Using Very Small Size Scintillation Pixels; 매우 작은 크기의 섬광 픽셀을 사용한 배열의 평면 영상 획득을 위한 섬광체 블록 조합 검출기 개발

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Preclinical positron emission tomography (PET) detectors use very small-sized scintillation pixels to achieve high resolution. Since the scintillation pixels of this size are very small compared to the size of the photosensor pixels, the scintillation pixels located at the edges overlap in the image. To solve this problem, a light guide was applied to reduce the occurrence of overlapping by differentiating the distribution of light. In this study, a light guide made of the same material as the scintillation pixel was used to develop a detector that exhibits a much improved degree of separation compared to conventional light guides. Flood images were acquired to evaluate the degree of image separation between the edge scintillation pixels of the detector using the existing light guide and the newly developed detector. As a result of calculating the degree of separation between the two edges of the scintillation pixel image in the acquired flood imgae, the scintillator light guide showed a better degree of separation than the conventional light guide. In addition, as a result of calculating the spatial resolution of the scintillation pixel image near the edge and center, the result of using the scintillator light guide showed better spatial resolution. The superior spatial resolution of each scintillation pixel image indicates that the degree of separation between adjacent scintillation pixel images is more excellent. If the detector developed in this study is used for preclinical PET, it will be possible to improve image quality by improving overall system spatial resolution. © 2024 Korean Physical Society. All rights reserved.

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